Instructor: Piers Coleman, Room 268
If you have any enquiries about this course or the
homework, please do not hesitate to contact me via email
at : coleman@physics.rutgers.edu

Scope of Course. Many body physics provides the
framework for understanding the collective behavior of
vast assemblies of interacting particles. This course
provides an introduction to this field, introducing you to
the main techniques and concepts, aiming to give you
first-hand experience in calculations and problem solving
using these methods.

The content of this
course, with additional material will be published in 2015
by Cambridge
University Press. I regret that the course material is
no longer available for download, but will be available for
purchase
by August 2015.

An excellent introduction to Field Theory applied
in condensed matter physics. I almost decided to
make this the main text, as I like it
greatly.

Basic Notions in Condensed Matter Physics by
P. W. Anderson. A classic reference. Many of us
still turn to this book for inspiration, and
philosophy. It also has a fine selection of
important reprints at the back.

Traditional Many Body Theory and Greens Functions

``Methods of Quantum Field Theory in
Statistical Physics'' by Abrikosov, Gorkov and
Dzyalozinskii. (Dover Paperback) - Classic text from
the sixties, known usually as AGD.

``A guide to Feynman Diagrams in the
Many-Body problem by R. D. Mattuck. A light
introduction to the subject. Reprinted by Dover.

``Greens functions for Solid State Physics''
S.Doniach and E. H. Sondheimer. Not as thorough as
AGD, but less threatening and somehow more
manageable. Frontiers in Physics series no 44.

``Quantum Many Particle Systems'' by J.
W. Negele and H. Orland. Alas all the good physics
is in the unsolved excercises! However, it is the
only one of this set to touch on the subject of
functional integrals.

Newer approaches to Many-Body Problem.

R. Shankar, Rev Mod Phys 66 129 (1994).
An amazingly self-contained review of the
renormalization group and functional integral
techniques written by one of the best expositors of
condensed matter physics.

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Times: 12.00 am on Wednesday and 1.40 pm on Fridays
in ARC-212. We will start one week late, due do my
travel, on Wednesday, September 11th. Quite
frequently, to make up for my travel, we will hold an
aadditional class. provisionally at 3:20 pm in the CMT
reading room on Mondays. (See schedule below)

Office hour: 9.50 Fridays or by
arrangement. Tel x 5082.

Assessment: Assessment will be made
on the basis of weekly assignments, a take-home mid-term
and a take-home final exam. I want to encourage an
interactive class and will take this into account when
grading!